Re: Disable USB on Install

Jan Ries <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> i'm trying to put gentoo 1.2 on it.  i got the ISO off the site; but
> when i boot with it, it hangs on the line:
>
> ...
> usb-ohci.c: usb-00:14.0, Acer Laboratories, Inc. [ALi] USB 1.1
> Controller
>
> so anyway, i was wondering if i can disable USB in the kernel on the ISO
> or somehow build/download a kernel without anything USB related.
The good news: Yes, there has to be an Kernel-Boottime-Parameter to prevent a 
Kernel from probing for USB-Controller.
The bad news: I do not know the parameter and don't know where to look.

I hope this is at least motivating.

	jan
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